Quotes About Authenticity

'Ace of Space' was a really tough show and I think everyone did really well. I am so glad the audience liked the real me and voted me to victory.

If you're out there saying something that you don't personally believe, then it doesn't really matter if a voter agrees with what you're saying. If they don't believe that you believe it, then they're not going to listen to you anyway.

The inability or unwillingness of citizens to differentiate between fake and authentic news is undermining a fundamental assumption of democracy: the informed voter.

Trump might have a populist message that resonates with some voters, but the man doesn't care about any of the people he's appealing to.

Voters aren't asking to be pandered to and aren't asking to be tricked.

My actual surname is Singh, and I come from a Punjabi Rajput family. Had I wanted to appease voters, then I would have gladly used my real surname.

We utilize social media, we try to connect with voters in a way that's not only about politics. Letting people into your lives.

Christie led the way - with a bulldozer. The governor is blunt, brash, and self-consciously authentic, the antithesis to what turns off today's voters: flip-flopping politicians who speak in poll-tested platitudes. Yes, he's the anti-Romney.

A candidate who tries to steer a path down the middle in an effort to 'win independents' runs the risk of convincing everyone that they have no core values. As much as - or more than - any other voters, independents want to see conviction and authenticity.

Voters crave authenticity.

I just think, you know, when we talk about a politician, I think a person has to be themselves. Let the voters see the real you.

I think what is important, whether you are Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders, is to embrace and own your identity. I think that's not political. That's good in life, and it certainly is the best way to be when you are running for office. If you don't do that, the voters will see through it.

Research indicates that a pause tends to be a signal that a cluster of deceptive cues is on its way. This is a key reason why voters routinely associate Trump with authenticity: He rarely pauses.

What Republican voters have shown us is that when they have the choice between the real thing and the fake one, they go with the real one every time.

Sadly, some seem unable to accept that maybe what America needs is someone who will level with voters, and who isn't shy about presenting things as they are, not like we would necessarily like them to be. That is no truer than on U.S. college campuses.

My security comes from the fact that I've never done a job for money.

I'm a person. I don't like having security.

I live my life and play my music, and I don't really seek out other people's approval or accolades or things like that. I try to do what's true to me, and how it all comes out is fine.

I'm not an actress who's a fan of gratuity, so I don't seek projects that have nudity for nudity's sake. I don't know any actors who do, unless they're in 'Spartacus.'

I can be me, and people seem quite happy with that.

For me, Mexploitation seemed like something that should have existed, but didn't.

We don't all have perfect lives, even if they are seemingly so.

I just don't want to be seen as a strong person.

I don't want to be just seen as a character, because that can get exhausting after a while.